A 25-year old University of Texas law student has created a non-profit organization called Defense Distributed which aims to create the schematics for a 3D printable single-use gun and then make these plans freely available online.

A group which calls themselves “Defense Distributed” had big plans, plans to create and freely distribute schematics for a single-use gun which could be printed using any 3D printer by anyone who wants one.

Word of the Day

pawl

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.